Autumn Dance Challenge Wrap Up and Results

[EBE@RTF]

Sunday saw the return of DanceDanceRevolution competition for 2011, and we are pleased to say that ADC was a success! It was great to see some new faces, and the improved turnout allowed the Difficult Division go ahead, ensured a complete Expert Division, and saw solid involvement in all of our bonus events. We were even treated to a performance or two at the end of the day!

While competitors worked hard in the Difficult and Expert Score Attack divisions, bonus events like Marvelous Attack and Expert Double Score attack provided a more social challenge, and Good Attack, Stepcharts, and the Team Relay 'Sports Edit' event let players see the fun side of DDR.

We did run into some issues with the panel in the middle of the competition. However, staff were on-hand and the matter was resolved to the best of their ability, allowing the competition to continue. We apologise to anyone affected by the problem, and hope all competitors were able to enjoy the event.

Team Ranking Task-Force would like to thank everyone who came along on the day - competitors, spectators, staff and friends. Everyone got into the spirit of the event, and we hope everyone had fun.

Most rewarding of all was the laughter and cheers during the bonus events. Our competitions can only happen with the support of the players, and hopefully ADC left everyone with something to tell their friends, and will encourage them to join us at our next competition.

Congratulations to our winners, who all received prizes of bonus credit on their Timezone Powerclub card. Full results will be posted in the thread below.

We hope to have details to announce for our next competition soon, and look forward to seeing you all there! In the meantime, if you have any feedback on this competition, or would just like to chat with the other competitors, please add your thoughts to the thread below as well.

[EBE@RTF]

Autumn Dance Challenge Results

Firstly, an explanation of our scoring system.

The scoring method we currently use is based on a system created by one of the original Japanese DDR teams, in response to Konami-run DDR competitions that used machine score. At the time, machine score had no real correlation to step accuracy, and was not seen as a 'true' measure of a player's skill.

This system has been modified as game systems changed, and currently assigns point values to each accuracy grade as follows:

Marvellous	Perfect	Great	Good	Almost	Boo	OK	N.G
0	1	2	3	4	5	0	5

Therefore, the player with the lowest score is the most accurate.

Now, on to the competition!


Difficult Score Attack

With a field of 5 competitors, the decision was made to proceed with the Difficult division in a reduced format, with 1 elimination Round, and a Final with the top 4 scores.

Round 1 - Songs randomly selected: HYSTERIA + cachaca

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Bruce	HYSTERIA	137	66	44	3	0	1	0	0	168
	cachaca	106	41	23	1	0	0	4	0	90		Total	258
Hiro	HYSTERIA	143	65	41	2	0	0	0	0	153
	cachaca	90	43	37	0	0	1	4	0	122		Total	275
Vanessa	HYSTERIA	132	63	46	4	3	3	0	0	194
	cachaca	92	43	36	0	0	0	4	0	115		Total	309
Steve	HYSTERIA	101	71	77	1	0	1	0	0	233
	cachaca	108	42	20	0	0	1	4	0	87		Total	320
Kory	HYSTERIA	80	46	92	12	7	14	0	0	364
	cachaca	68	41	45	6	4	7	4	0	200		Total	564

Eliminated this round: Kory (5th)

Final Round - Songs chosen by Finalists: Healing-D-Vision + 321STARS + CHAOS + SABER WING

Final Round

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Steve	321STARS	98	54	85	1	0	1	15	0	232
	Healing-D-Vision	105	86	147	5	0	6	2	0	425
	CHAOS	77	56	85	13	8	6	2	0	327
	SABER WING	169	100	72	2	1	2	32	0	264		Total	1248
Bruce	321STARS	140	58	41	0	0	0	15	0	140
	Healing-D-Vision	69	82	141	23	12	22	2	0	591
	CHAOS	88	48	78	16	6	9	2	0	321
	SABER WING	215	71	49	6	1	4	32	1	216		Total	1268
Hiro	321STARS	100	58	71	8	0	2	14	1	239
	Healing-D-Vision	77	79	153	20	6	14	2	0	539
	CHAOS	105	48	66	12	5	9	2	0	281
	SABER WING	151	85	106	1	1	2	33	0	314		Total	1373
Vanessa	321STARS	104	67	63	2	0	3	14	0	214
	Healing-D-Vision									Unable to compete

Difficult Score Attack 1^st Place Winner - Steve
Difficult Score Attack 2^nd Place - Bruce
Difficult Score Attack 3^rd Place - Hiro
Difficult Score Attack 4^th Place - Vanessa

Expert Score Attack

Round 1 - Songs randomly selected: SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX) + Scorching Moon

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Chino	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	203	34	8	0	0	0	0	0	50
	Scorching Moon	183	51	5	0	0	0	12	0	61		Total	111
Lachlan	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	198	37	8	0	1	1	0	0	62
	Scorching Moon	189	42	8	0	0	0	12	0	58		Total	120
Wendy	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	197	43	5	0	0	0	0	0	53
	Scorching Moon	163	53	23	0	0	0	11	1	104		Total	157
Pascal	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	166	54	25	0	0	0	0	0	104
	Scorching Moon	142	69	28	0	0	0	11	1	130		Total	234
Gurt	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	148	64	32	0	1	0	0	0	132
	Scorching Moon	159	57	23	0	0	0	12	0	103		Total	235
Zac	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	159	52	32	2	0	0	0	0	122
	Scorching Moon	137	56	46	0	0	0	12	0	148		Total	270
Chris	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	141	67	36	1	0	0	0	0	142
	Scorching Moon	145	54	39	1	0	0	12	0	135		Total	277
Kylie	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	149	56	36	4	0	0	0	0	140
	Scorching Moon	129	64	44	2	0	0	12	0	158		Total	298
Tristan	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	140	63	40	0	1	1	0	0	152
	Scorching Moon	120	66	52	1	0	0	12	0	173		Total	325
Shannon	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	125	65	55	0	0	0	0	0	175
	Scorching Moon	128	69	41	1	0	0	12	0	154		Total	329
Raph	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	127	55	60	2	0	1	0	0	186
	Scorching Moon	120	60	55	2	0	2	11	1	191		Total	377
EBE	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	98	57	82	5	1	2	0	0	250
	Scorching Moon	141	49	47	1	1	0	12	0	150		Total	400
Gareth	SP-TRIP MACHINE (JUNGLE MIX)	113	63	57	5	0	7	0	0	227
	Scorching Moon	121	58	54	4	2	0	12	0	186		Total	413

Top 10 Advance
Eliminated this round: Raph (11th), EBE (12th), Gareth (13th)

Round 2 - Songs randomly selected: AM-3P + Saturn

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Wendy	AM-3P	206	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	44
	Saturn	271	55	11	0	0	0	27	0	77		Total	121
Lachlan	AM-3P	195	42	7	0	0	0	0	0	56
	Saturn	260	64	11	0	0	2	27	0	96		Total	152
Chino	AM-3P	191	50	3	0	0	0	0	0	56
	Saturn	255	65	17	0	0	0	27	0	99		Total	155
Gurt	AM-3P	149	71	24	0	0	0	0	0	119
	Saturn	194	77	61	1	2	2	26	1	225		Total	344
Pascal	AM-3P	157	60	24	0	0	3	0	0	123
	Saturn	187	76	54	3	2	15	25	2	286		Total	409
Zac	AM-3P	134	69	31	0	0	10	0	0	181
	Saturn	196	73	61	2	1	4	26	1	230		Total	411
Shannon	AM-3P	111	81	52	0	0	0	0	0	185
	Saturn	179	95	56	3	1	3	27	0	235		Total	420
Chris	AM-3P	146	61	36	0	0	1	0	0	138
	Saturn	139	83	108	2	0	5	27	0	330		Total	468
Kylie	AM-3P	138	67	36	1	0	2	0	0	152
	Saturn	142	97	88	4	0	6	26	1	320		Total	472
Tristan	AM-3P	111	71	62	0	0	0	0	0	195
	Saturn	164	85	81	3	1	3	24	3	290		Total	485

Top 6 Advance
Eliminated this round: Shannon (7th), Chris (8th), Kylie (9th), Tristan (10th)

Round 3 - Songs randomly selected: Electro Tuned (the SubS mix) + DROP OUT

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Wendy	Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	246	86	17	0	0	0	0	0	120
	DROP OUT	302	85	10	0	0	0	0	0	105		Total	225
Lachlan	Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	235	97	17	0	0	0	0	0	131
	DROP OUT	295	81	18	0	0	3	0	0	132		Total	263
Chino	Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	240	91	17	0	0	1	0	0	130
	DROP OUT	293	76	27	0	0	1	0	0	135		Total	265
Pascal	Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	231	77	41	0	0	0	0	0	159
	DROP OUT	253	102	41	1	0	0	0	0	187		Total	346
Gurt	Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	212	97	40	0	0	0	0	0	177
	DROP OUT	239	101	53	2	0	2	0	0	223		Total	400
Zac	Forfeit

Top 4 Advance to Finals
Eliminated this round: Gurt (5th), Zac (6th)

Final Round - Songs chosen by Finalists: No.13 + Horatio + MOON + この子の七つのお祝いに (Konoko no nanatsu no oiwaini)

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Wendy	No.13	351	63	6	0	0	0	9	0	75
	Horatio	390	104	9	0	0	0	12	0	122
	MOON	269	40	6	0	0	0	7	0	52
	この子の七つのお祝いに	346	97	15	0	0	0	4	0	127		Total	376
Lachlan	No.13	348	65	7	0	0	0	9	0	79
	Horatio	381	94	27	0	1	0	12	0	152
	MOON	275	38	2	0	0	0	7	0	42
	この子の七つのお祝いに	350	89	19	0	0	0	4	0	127		Total	400
Chino	No.13	323	84	13	0	0	0	9	0	110
	Horatio	374	100	29	0	0	0	12	0	158
	MOON	267	44	4	0	0	0	7	0	52
	この子の七つのお祝いに	339	94	25	0	0	0	4	0	144		Total	464
Pascal	No.13	255	110	55	0	0	0	9	0	220
	Horatio	288	126	81	5	2	1	12	0	316
	MOON	242	57	16	0	0	0	7	0	89
	この子の七つのお祝いに	257	121	77	2	1	0	4	0	285		Total	910

Expert Score Attack 1^st Place Winner - Wendy
Expert Score Attack 2^nd Place - Lachlan
Expert Score Attack 3^rd Place - Chino
Expert Score Attack 4^th Place - Pascal

Congratulations finalists! We hope you enjoy your prizes.

To all competitors, thankyou for taking part, and we hope you'll all join us for another try at the next competition.

[EBE@RTF]

Just as a little something extra, some of the team members asked if we could post the scores from the bonus events as well. So here they are!

Remember, the point of these events was just to have a bit of fun between rounds. I'm sure that won't stop the trash-talking though


Marvelous Attack - 1 song, Basic difficulty, highest number of Marvelous steps wins.

Name	Song	Marv
Lachlan	RED ZONE	148
Chino	RED ZONE	140
Bruce	RED ZONE	140
Kylie	RED ZONE	139
Gurt	RED ZONE	126
Shannon	RED ZONE	123
Tristan	RED ZONE	123
Pascal	RED ZONE	122
EBE	RED ZONE	121
Hiro	RED ZONE	117
Gareth	RED ZONE	114
Chris	RED ZONE	102
Steve	RED ZONE	55

Good Attack - 1 song, Basic difficulty, highest number of Good steps wins.

Name	Song	Good
Gurt	MY SUMMER LOVE	61
Pascal	MY SUMMER LOVE	60
Raph	MY SUMMER LOVE	54
Frank	MY SUMMER LOVE	47
EBE	MY SUMMER LOVE	38
Chris	MY SUMMER LOVE	37
Gareth	MY SUMMER LOVE	32
Kylie	MY SUMMER LOVE	30
Kylie (2nd attempt)	MY SUMMER LOVE	29
Hiro	MY SUMMER LOVE	29
Alex	MY SUMMER LOVE	22
Shannon	MY SUMMER LOVE	17
Gemma	MY SUMMER LOVE	15
Clayton (2nd attempt)	MY SUMMER LOVE	14
Kory	MY SUMMER LOVE	13
Clayton	MY SUMMER LOVE	6
Lachlan	MY SUMMER LOVE	4
Kory (2nd attempt)	MY SUMMER LOVE	3

Expert Double Attack - 1 song, Expert difficulty, Double mode.

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score
Luke	DA CAPO	144	59	27	0	0	1	2	0	118
Pascal	DA CAPO	123	57	47	1	1	2	2	0	168
Shannon	DA CAPO	117	59	54	0	0	1	2	0	172
Raph	DA CAPO	82	50	95	3	0	1	2	0	254
Chris	DA CAPO	91	52	73	4	1	10	2	0	264
Hiro	DA CAPO	74	54	88	9	3	3	1	1	289
EBE	DA CAPO	59	34	123	8	1	6	2	0	338
Steve	DA CAPO	64	50	91	9	2	15	1	1	347
Kylie	DA CAPO	66	51	83	13	1	17	1	1	350
Gareth	DA CAPO	41	41	108	13	7	21	2	0	429

Stepcharts - 1 song, Basic difficulty, Hidden arrows, 3x scroll speed, players read steps from printed stepcharts.

Note: The machine stops counting steps once the song has been failed, so scores will seem lower. Step counts have been shown to identify people who failed the songs. Correct step count: 157

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score		Steps Counted
Kylie	JANEJANA	86	50	21	0	0	0	0	0	92		157
Gurt	JANEJANA	63	36	42	4	0	12	0	0	192		157
EBE	JANEJANA	24	18	87	17	3	8	0	0	295		157
Tristan	JANEJANA	26	29	48	1	2	16	0	0	216		122	Fail
Pascal	JANEJANA	6	11	64	0	0	17	0	0	224		98	Fail
Shannon	JANEJANA	45	16	6	0	0	13	0	0	93		80	Fail
Gareth	JANEJANA	7	16	29	0	0	13	0	0	139		65	Fail
Hiro	JANEJANA	1	1	23	9	1	24			198		59	Fail
Bruce	JANEJANA	5	7	9	2	1	33	0	0	200		57	Fail
Steve	JANEJANA	4	2	3	0	0	23	0	0	123		32	Fail

Team Relay - Sports Festival Edit

This was a specially-created edit from GurtyGurt, in the style of the Sports Festivals run at RTF competitions under H.Edward@RTF in the past. The edit is split into sections, with 2-bar breaks in between, and players must swap on and off the machine between sections.

This edit was broken into 7 sections:

• Jumps
• Skip Spins
• Rapid Up-Down Jumps
• Hold Arrow Spins
• Left-Right and Up-Down Runs
• Off-Timing Steps
• Jumps with Hold Arrow finale

Competitors were divided into teams of 5 as follows:

Team Afro      Chino Kayus Zac Guru Chris

Team Baby-Lon  Kylie Shannon Gareth Pascal EBE

Team Emi        Tristan Steve Hiro Gurt Raph

Apologies if I got any of the names wrong, I'm trying to read other people's handwriting out of my notepad

Name	Song	Marv	Perf	Great	Good	Boo	Miss	OK	N.G	Score		Step Check
Team Afro	Chance and Dice	86	66	125	20	15	36	32	0	616		348
Team Baby-Lon	Chance and Dice	74	54	51	14	5	15	29	3	308		213	Fail
Team Emi	Chance and Dice	124	87	90	18	8	21	27	5	483		348

Please tell us if you had fun with these events, or have any suggestions on how we can make them better.

While many of us find the competitive aspects of DDR fun, there are many who feel they cannot compete at a high-enough level, or simply don't enjoy it in the same way. We'd like to provide these fun side-events to help those players still be a part of our events, as well as giving competitors some time between rounds to relax and socialise with other players.

[Y3LLoWM4oM4o]

Bar the bad stuff that happened, pretty good tournament

Only have one request for the next tournament, discussed and decided by myself Lac and Wendy:

Inclusion of Oni for finalist songs

[ZDMKylie]

Loved the side competitions, dare I say even more so than the main event. As I was saying before, I don't expect to win. I enter to support the community and try to be social. The side events helped give me plenty more reason to enter. Without a doubt. For those expert players who don't AA or AAA songs, they're undoubtedly in the same boat, so those extra events were a fantastic idea for those who don't expect to win the main event but can have a bit of fun by mixing things up. Kudos to whoever thought of that, it was in my opinion, one of the best additions to the event.

The problems with the pad were unfortunate, but couldn't be helped. Attempts were made to fix the pad by people who knew what they were doing and the pad continued to malfunction (only to seemingly work properly after we'd just about given up... of course...) in a situation like that, what can you do? Having everyone play on the same pad was an option being considered toward the end, which would have had the effect of making the competition run for longer than it already did. Otherwise, playing on the malfunctioning pad, there's no real 'fair'  way to adjust for the errors. It was a tough situtation to be in and short of summoning a whole other working machine, everyone handled the situation the best they could, given the circumstances.

I wish there had been a bit more to encourage the newer players. While I noticed all the established players did well or ranked in the middle, it was the newest players; the ones we are possibly wanting to encourage; who ranked dead last bottom. Both in Standard and in Expert. Now I know this makes sense, but the newer players seemed a little dejected after going up against old farts like us and not doing as well. In both cases, they'd been playing less than a year. Got not suggestions here, but just throwing it out there, maybe there's a way to help the newer players that we're trying to encourage to feel less dejected.

Other than that, get a laptop, Ebe.

You did awesomely.

[SAN]

I agree it would be good to encourage new players, but I don't really know how - I would feel kind of mocked if I was encouraged just because I was new and not as good as other people....I would just try my best to get better.

[Gurt]

If we had a lower and a higher bracket Wendy would deliberately try to place in the lower one again. I can understand anyone else wanting Oni though.

[Gurt]

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I'll post the Buddha photos later, as it's not the comp proper.  Listening to internet radio right now and I should be in bed.

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